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Posted By: Roberto
04-Dec-04 - 11:23 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Four Marys (from Jean Ritchie)
Subject: Lyr Add: FOUR MARYS (from Jean Ritchie)
I miss a couple of words, please help me complete the transcription (and check if there are mistakes). Thank you. Roberto
Four Marys
Jean Ritchie, The Most Dulcimer, Greenhays Recordings CR70714; ballad recorded in 1984
Last night there were four Marys
The night there'll be the three
There was Mary Seaton and Mary Beaton
And Mary Carmichael and me
Last night I dressed Queen Mary
And put gold upon her hair
But all I'm to get for my reward
Is the gallows to be my share
Oh, little did my mother ken
The day she cradled me
Of the land I was to travel in
Or the death I was to dee
Oh, happy, happy is the maid
That's born of beauty free
For it was my dimple and rosy cheeks
That was the ruin of me
They'll bind a kerchief aroond my een
They'll no let me see to dee
They'll never tell my father and mother
But what I'm ... the sea
Last night there were four Marys
The night there'll be the three
There was Mary Seaton and Mary Beaton
And Mary Carmichael and me